In the area of employment, the Committee welcomed the adoption of laws in Ireland “which aim at removing several aspects of discrimination relating to, inter alia, gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin and membership of the traveller community…”.9 With respect to Trinidad and Tobago, the Committee was concerned that the Equal Opportunity Act 2000 did not afford protection to individuals on the grounds of sexual orientation, age and HIV/AIDS status, among others, and encouraged the State party to undertake proactive policies to promote the rights of individuals, especially with regard to their sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS status.10 In 1996, it expressed concern that the Sex Discrimination Ordinance in Hong Kong (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) did not protect those individuals whose right to work was violated by inappropriate account being taken of their private sex lives and urged the State party to amend that Ordinance.11 In 2001, the Committee expressed concern over the failure of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and age and urged the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to do so.12
En 1996, expresó preocupación por que en Hong Kong (Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte), en la Ordenanza sobre discriminación por razones de sexo, no se protegiera a las personas cuyo derecho al trabajo se ve violado por la atención indebida que se presta a los aspectos sexuales de su vida privada e instó al Estado Parte a modificar dicha ordenanza. En 2001 el Comité lamentó que la Región Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong (China) no hubiera prohibido la discriminación por motivos de orientación sexual o edad e instó a la Región Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong a que actuara en tal sentido.